“I was.”
“I believe you stayed at De Keyser’s Hotel, at the Blackfriars end of the Embankment?”
“I did—it’s handy for the continental trains.”
“About half-past eleven, or a little later, that evening, did you go along the Embankment, on the Temple Gardens side, for a walk?”
“I did, sir. I’m a bad sleeper, and it’s a habit of mine to take a walk of half an hour or so last thing before I go to bed.”
“How far did you walk?”
“As far as Waterloo Bridge.”
“Always on the Temple side?”
“Just so, sir—straight along on that side.”
“Very good. When you got close to Waterloo Bridge, did you meet anybody you knew?”